Evaluation of the bridging course offered at a university to foreign students: Batches of 2012 and 2013

Authors

  • Beatriz Eugenia Orantes Perez Mexico
  • Djemari Mardapi Yogyakarta State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21831/reid.v1i2.6667

Keywords:

Evaluation, Bridging course, CIPP, BIPA, KNB Students

Abstract

This evaluation was a case study of the bridging language program offered at YSU to KNB students, it evaluated the generations 2012/2013. The focus of this evaluation was to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the bridging program. This was a summative evaluation used the CIPP method. It was a pragmatic parallel mix-method design research. The analysis technique was descriptive for the qualitative data; and it was descriptive statistical for the quantitative data; Triangulation was used. 15 students, 6 teachers, 10 tutors, 3 administrators were involved. In each component of the evaluation strengths and weaknesses were found. The main strengths were: Clear cultural objectives, experience teachers, tutorials helped students a lot. The main weaknesses were: There is not clear criteria of the level to be reach, tutors lack training and time to prepare, material and assessment needs to be improve, students don't reach an upper intermediate level of the language.

Author Biographies

Beatriz Eugenia Orantes Perez, Mexico

Beatriz Eugenia Orantes Perez was born on February 17th, 1982 in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico. She studied English Education at the State University of Chiapas (UNACH). She has worked as an English Lecturer at the State University of Chiapas and at the Escuela Bancaria y Comercial, Tuxtla. She followed a Masters degree on Educational Research and Evaluation at the State University of Yogyakarta, Indonesia; under a scholarship called Developing Countries Fellowship offered by the Government of Indonesian.

Djemari Mardapi, Yogyakarta State University

Djemari Mardapi is the current head of department of the Educational Research and Evaluation, in the postgraduate school of Yogyakarta State University, and lecturer in the same department as well as the department of Engineering. Prof. Djemari studied his bachelor degree on Education of Electrical Engineering at the Yogyakarta State University (before known as IKIP Yogyakarta);  and followed a masters degree on Educational Research and Evaluation at the same university. Then he continued his studies of Ph.D on Education, Measurement, and Statistics at the University of IOWA. He has worked and collaborated in several researches, as well as publishing many articles focused on research and books.

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Published

2015-12-31

How to Cite

Perez, B. E. O., & Mardapi, D. (2015). Evaluation of the bridging course offered at a university to foreign students: Batches of 2012 and 2013. REID (Research and Evaluation in Education), 1(2), 146–157. https://doi.org/10.21831/reid.v1i2.6667

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2015): December

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